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USC, Las Encinas Hospital to study on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder in younger, older adults

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder affect 3% to 4% of the world's population, or about 222 million adults worldwide. In the United States, bipolar disorder affects about 5.7 million adult Americans 18 and older. Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a serious brain disorder that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy and functioning. People with the disorder experience episodes of mania and depression that can last from days to months. These symptoms usually begin in late adolescence, but can begin in early childhood or as late as a person's 40s or 50s. There is a strong genetic component related to bipolar disorder.

28 Sep 2010

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for radiation oncology portfolio

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced that contracts have been awarded to suppliers in its new radiation oncology portfolio.

From Elekta 28 Sep 2010

Community health centers help those without insurance

In 2001, a Charleston, W.Va., a hospital and three community health centers set up a Community Access Program to help give low-income residents a primary health care system in the hopes of lowering emergency room care. The program has enrolled 5,000 people and "cut their hospital use in half," the Charleston Gazette reports.

28 Sep 2010

DecImmune Therapeutics receives funds to improve ischemia reperfusion injury outcomes

DecImmune Therapeutics announced today that it has received a $1 million equity investment from Astellas Venture Management and has additionally been awarded $2.2 million in Phase II SBIR funding from the National Institutes of Health.

28 Sep 2010

Study finds acupuncture is not effective in stroke recovery

Acupuncture does not appear to aid in stroke recovery, according to a new study published in CMAJ. This study, perhaps the most comprehensive to date as it includes trials published in English language and Asian journals, was a systematic review conducted by researchers in South Korea and the United Kingdom.

28 Sep 2010

BCBC awards $5 million for cell therapy research in type 1 diabetes

Maike Sander, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and cellular & molecular medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has been awarded nearly $5 million by the Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC) to lead an interdisciplinary team in cell therapy research for type 1 diabetes.

28 Sep 2010

UCLA develops educational program to train U.S. armed forces in critical combat casualty care

With American troops leaving Iraq and military efforts continuing in Afghanistan, UCLA has helped develop a first-of-its-kind educational program to train U.S. armed forces medical personnel in critical combat casualty care. The program will not only help advance military care, the program's developers say, but civilian care as well.

27 Sep 2010

OrSense introduces NBM200 system for anemia screening, hemorrhage detection

OrSense Ltd., developer of monitors for non-invasive measurements of various blood parameters, introduced at the Global Forum of Maternal and Infant Health, at Barcelona, Spain, NBM200, a non-invasive hemoglobin measurement system for anemia screening and hemorrhage detection. The Company presented results showing that Hb measurements obtained by the NBM200 showed accurate performance compared with invasive point of care devices.

27 Sep 2010

First Edition: September 27, 2010

In today's health policy headlines, more speculation about how the new health law could be impacted by the midterm congressional elections.

27 Sep 2010

Study finds increasing number of elderly people are prone to celiac diseases

Working to solve the puzzle of when people develop celiac disease has led researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Celiac Research to some surprising findings. They have found that the autoimmune disorder is on the rise with evidence of increasing cases in the elderly.

27 Sep 2010

MediciNova receives FDA approval to proceed with initial trial of ibudilast

MediciNova Inc, a biopharmaceutical company publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange (Code Number:4875), today reported FDA's approval to proceed with an initial trial of the company's neurological drug candidate, ibudilast (MN-166/AV411), as a potential new pharmacotherapy for methamphetamine addiction.

27 Sep 2010

The Children's Hospital, Denver Health sign Affiliation Agreement to care for children of all ages

The Children's Hospital and Denver Health have signed an official Affiliation Agreement to leverage the substantial strengths of both institutions to provide outstanding programs in pediatric patient care, education, research and advocacy. Under the agreement, two of the largest pediatric health care providers in the region are able to provide improved access for patients, share best practices and more efficiently use resources.

27 Sep 2010

Condoms can prevent transmission of herpes simplex virus 2: Study

Condom use is associated with a reduced risk of contracting herpes simplex virus 2, according to a report based on pooled analysis of data from previous studies in the July 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

27 Sep 2010

NAPHS 2011 Membership Directory provides information on nation's behavioral healthcare systems

The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems has published a 2011 Membership Directory. The directory is a comprehensive referral resource providing information on the nation's behavioral healthcare systems.

27 Sep 2010

Early recipient of transcatheter aortic valve receives Courageous Patient Award

Lillian Feldshuh, of Scarsdale, NY, an early recipient of a transcatheter aortic valve in 2006, received the Courageous Patient Award yesterday at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics scientific symposium in Washington, DC. The procedure was a success and Feldshuh, who will turn 100 years in just 7 months, remains in good health.

27 Sep 2010

Disparities in cardiac care begin when patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms: Study

The well-documented disparities in cardiac care may begin almost as soon as patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms. In a study published in Academic Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report that African-American and Hispanic patients assessed for chest pain were less likely than white patients to be categorized as requiring immediate care, despite a lack of significant differences in symptoms.

27 Sep 2010

Researchers find daycare increases chronic lung disease in children

Exposure to common viruses in daycare puts children with a chronic lung condition caused by premature birth at risk for serious respiratory infections, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published in the October issue of Pediatrics.

27 Sep 2010

Clinical trial results of Genous Bio-engineered R stent, EPC capture technology presented at TCT 2010

OrbusNeich today announced that clinical trial results highlighting the company's Genous Bio-engineered R stent and its endothelial progenitor cell capture technology across challenging patient subsets were presented during a symposium titled "EPC Capture Technology: from Genous to Combo" at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2010 in Washington.

27 Sep 2010

Researchers find no correlation between genetic ancestry and cancer stage

Head and neck cancer outcomes associated with race may be more closely linked to social and behavioral factors than biological differences, especially for African Americans, according to a new Henry Ford Hospital study.

27 Sep 2010

Signaling pathway inhibition enhances autologous bone marrow transplant: Research

Identification of a molecular communications pathway that influences the mobilization of hematopoietic (blood) stem cells could lead to targeted therapies for improving bone marrow transplant success rates.

27 Sep 2010

Hospital News and Research

USC, Las Encinas Hospital to study on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder in younger, older adults

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for radiation oncology portfolio

Community health centers help those without insurance

DecImmune Therapeutics receives funds to improve ischemia reperfusion injury outcomes

Study finds acupuncture is not effective in stroke recovery

BCBC awards $5 million for cell therapy research in type 1 diabetes

UCLA develops educational program to train U.S. armed forces in critical combat casualty care

OrSense introduces NBM200 system for anemia screening, hemorrhage detection

First Edition: September 27, 2010

Study finds increasing number of elderly people are prone to celiac diseases

MediciNova receives FDA approval to proceed with initial trial of ibudilast

The Children's Hospital, Denver Health sign Affiliation Agreement to care for children of all ages

Condoms can prevent transmission of herpes simplex virus 2: Study

NAPHS 2011 Membership Directory provides information on nation's behavioral healthcare systems

Early recipient of transcatheter aortic valve receives Courageous Patient Award

Disparities in cardiac care begin when patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms: Study

Researchers find daycare increases chronic lung disease in children

Clinical trial results of Genous Bio-engineered R stent, EPC capture technology presented at TCT 2010

Researchers find no correlation between genetic ancestry and cancer stage

Signaling pathway inhibition enhances autologous bone marrow transplant: Research

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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